Dear John,

I’m grateful to the people of Georgia for electing Raphael Warnock to a
full term in the United States Senate last week, and I’m grateful to
everyone who got behind him in Georgia and throughout the country to make
it possible.

This victory is testament to Warnock's work in the Senate, his
effectiveness as a candidate and to the decade-long organizing and
infrastructure push led by Stacey Abrams, the New Georgia Project and so
many others as well as the extraordinary amount of money invested in the
state.

In just the last two years $1.4 billion has been spent on just four races
in Georgia, including Warnock’s. Investments in data, voter contact,
technology and communications have enabled strong Democratic candidates to
triumph over weaker Republican ones in what was once thought to be a
reliably Red state. Without that investment, as strong a candidate as
Warnock is, the deeply flawed Herschel Walker would have been able to ride
entrenched partisan affiliation to victory.

By way of comparison, though the recent Texas governor’s race set
fundraising records for the state, the candidates only raised a combined
$220 million (Abbott $140m and I raised $80m). Add the 2020 Texas Senate
race where the candidates spent a combined $66 million, and you have the
only meaningful races in the same time period drawing five times less than
Georgia, a state that is three times smaller!

Money isn’t everything. Strong state and county parties, proven local
leaders, grassroots organizers, good candidates, all of that matters. But
to have the infrastructure — the reliable voter data and modeling, the
team of professionals who can run effective campaigns, the systems,
technology and coordinated efforts between stakeholders that are
strengthened year-in and year-out and not just rely on one or two big name
candidates or high profile races that come around every so often — we will
need big, consistent investment in Texas.

There’s a lot to learn from Georgia, and I look forward to continuing to
talk with the people who’ve led important recent victories there, like
Senator Warnock’s. But clearly, if Texas is going to be competitive on the
same level that Georgia is, we’re going to have to invest at a much higher
level.

Beto

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